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Original Technorati articles tagged “hospice”

• in Film
  Death With Dignity: How to Die in Oregon (2011; now on DVD)
  Would you want the right to choose when it’s your time?
  by missbobetier / on Feb 6, 2012
• in Advertising
  Demystifying Hospice Care
  Taking the Black Cloak Off Hospice Care
  by wstroh3740 / on Jan 19, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “hospice”

 

• Jeffrey Michael Long

  
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  Jeffrey Michael Long is a post from: Cremation Center of Kansas City Jeffrey Michael Long, 68, of Leawood, Kansas, took the hand of the angels on May 18, 2013 at the Kansas City Hospice House. He was born March 26, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA, son of Connie and Gene Long. Growing up in California, he loved the ocean ...
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• 3 days of Lion Fest live music in Newton Abbot to raise funds for Rowcroft

  
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  A long weekend of live music in Newton Abbot will raise funds for Rowcroft at Lion Fest 2013. The music takes place at the Golden Lion Newton Abbot on May 24, 25 and 26, with a list of 13 of the best bends around. Events kick off with New Lights at 6.15pm on Friday, May 24. Saturday is the big day of live music, ...
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• Central Florida Hospices Still Waiting on Help from Medicare

  
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  "Theeffect is very negative for end-of-life care in the country. The way hospice isdesigned now may have worked fine 30 years ago, but it doesn’t work now and weneed to think about alternatives." U.S. health care has been influx since 2010, with many aspects of health care reform still on hold. Hospiceis one ...
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• Fundraising Quiz Night in aid of PPWH

  
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  A fundraising quiz night has been organised in aid of The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice (PPWH) on the evening of Friday 14 June 2013. It will be held in Arta Bar, 62 Albion St  Glasgow G1 1PA at 19:00. Teams should be made up of 2 or more and no intelligence is required. [...] The post Fundraising Quiz Night ...
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• How To Tell Your Parent That Its Time for Hospice

  
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  Our culture has historically been devoted to cure illness at all costs, and death is often looked at as "failure," no matter the age or condition of the person being treated. Many other cultures readily accept death as part of the life cycle. I believe we, as a culture, are making progress in this direction, but death ...
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• Nursing: Work Worth Doing

  
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  This week Sharecare celebrates nurses during National Nurses Week. Nursing is a grand profession. It’s grand because so many of you nurses are making such a positive impact on this planet. You help people, often when they need it most. You change lives for the better. You provide answers and provoke new ...
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• Celtic Healthcare Helps Fulfill Patient’s One Final Wish

  
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  By Kathleen Ganster There weren’t any one-of-a-kind white dresses, sharp tuxedos, fancy decorations or hundreds of guests. There weren’t lovely gifts, a large band or numerous photos. But for everyone there, it was one of the most beautiful weddings they had ever attended. “There wasn’t a dry eye in the ...
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• Bark In The Park

  
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  Each year Izzy and I do a sponsored walk, most year’s we do the Dog’s Trust Waggy Walk but this year we’ve discovered Bark In The Park .  This is a sponsored dog walk in support of The Butterwick House Children’s Hospice . Izzy loves a good fundraising event … here she is supporting Red Nose Day 2013! ...
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• OIG targets hospice misuse of general inpatient care

  
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  Hospices with their own inpatient units provided general inpatient care (GIP) to more Medicare beneficiaries, and for longer periods of time, than hospices without such facilities, an investigation by the Office of Inspector General found. read more
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• Getting from “is” to “ought” near the end of life

  
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  By Nancy Berlinger There is a saying in ethics: you can’t get an “ought” from an “is.” Descriptions of the world as it is do not reveal truths about the world as it ought to be. Even when descriptions of real-world conditions suggest that something is seriously wrong — that our actions are causing ...
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• What They Give

  
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  Annabelle and Barbara are two of many who give their time and talents as Family Hospice volunteers. By Franco Insana We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give . ~Winston Churchill It was one of those many cold mornings we had in March. By all accounts, it was a typical day at The Center ...
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• What They Give

  
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  Annabelle and Barbara are two of many who give their time and talents as Family Hospice volunteers. By Franco Insana We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give . ~Winston Churchill It was one of those many cold mornings we had in March. By all accounts, it was a typical day at The Center ...
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• Honoring Nurses

  
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  National Nurses week begins on May 6, the birthday ofFlorence Nightingale, the “founder of modern nursing”, and continues throughMay 12. The American Nursing Association can give you more information on the history of Nurses Week. And here’s afact sheet on stats of licensed nurses in the United States and ...
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• Hospice cards: Greeting Card Universe Steps Up

  
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  By Regina Holliday First Posted on her blog on 5/1/2013 I wanted to post an update in the continuing saga of my request for Hallmark to create hospice cards. At this point the petition has over 4,000 signatures on Change.org. While Hallmark has yet to create a card to fill this gap, Greeting Card Universe has ...
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• Chemed, Vitas Hospice Services Charged With False Claims To Medicare

  
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  The government’s complaint alleges that Chemed and Vitas Hospice knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for crisis care services that were not necessary, not actually provided, or not performed in accordance with Medicare requirements.WashingtonUnited States Files False Claims Act ...
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• United in life, art, and death

  
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  "Fifty years ago, Dame Cicely Saunders , the founder of the modern hospice movement, fell in love with the work of the Polish artist Marian Bohusz-Szyszko . Then she fell for him, too." Read more in my feature piece for the Church Times . ...
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• The powerful ghost in the death choir story

  
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  While I have listened to choirs that have bored me nearly to death with their singing, I never knew there were choirs that would sing to you when you are near to death. Turns out, there are, and there’s a story there. Jaweed Kaleem, the national religion reporter for The Huffington Post, highlights the small [...]
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• Ierna’s Heating & Cooling At Ride for Hospice 2013

  
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  The 2013 Pasco Sheriff’s Mounted Posse Ride for Hospice was a huge success for all those involved. This year’s expanded event featured a two-day mounted horse ride that raised money and awareness about the Gulfside Regional Hospice. Every day this hospice helps more than 400 patients, with a staff of over 250, and ...
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• Honoring Our Volunteers

  
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  Like many organizations, hospice and palliative care facilities are greatly dependent on the help and dedication of their volunteers. Hospice volunteers come from a multitude of cultures and backgrounds, and range in age from teens to senior citizens. Each and every one of them helps provide comfort and care to ...
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• VA Looks to Open Up Home Health, Hospice to Non-VA Providers

  
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  Home health and hospice agencies would be able to serve more veterans under new rules currently being considered by the Veterans Administration. The proposed rule would allow veterans to seek...
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